Ai Weiwei - Coloured Vases (5 pieces) - 2025. SOLD OUT
These new limited edition vase sculptures sees Ai Weiwei reimagine one of his most iconic mediums.
Weiwei has long engaged with ancient Chinese pottery as a means of cultural and political critique – most famously in his 1995 work Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn, in which he let a 2,000-year-old ceremonial vase crash to the floor. Since then, the object has become a prominent and recurring medium in the artist's prolific oeuvre, from branding ancient pots with consumerist symbols like the Coca Cola logo, to dripping Neolithic objects in household paint.
The Coloured Vases continue Weiwei's rich ceramic legacy, blending ancient craft and modern-day iconography to question how cultural value is both constructed and commodified.
Medium: Set of 5 vases (Green, Blue, Red, Silver, Gold). Polished, nickel-plated metal vase sculpture.
Size: 21 x 23 x 23 cm each
Timed edition sizes:
Green - 95
Silver - 184
Gold - 172
Red - 159
Blue - 124
Edition number and artist’s signature engraved on base.
Each Vase comes with a CoA.
Price each vase: € 1,573
These Ai Weiwei vases will be released on Thursday, 28 August – 15:00 CEST at Avant Arte
Dispatch expected between December 2025 and April 2026.
